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Awkward Family Photos
by Doug Chernack Mike BenderWith twenty-five new photographs for the eBook edition, the New York Times bestseller is now more awkward than ever Based on the hit website, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com ("painful, regrettable, horrifyingly awesome snaps of family bonding, you will laugh so hard that people in adjoining offices will ask what's wrong with you"--Esquire), this full color book features never-before-seen photos and hilarious personal stories covering everything from uncomfortable moments with relatives, teen angst, sibling rivalry, and family vacations from hell. Cringe at the forced poses, bad hair, and matching outfits--all prompting us to look at our own families and celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph!
Awu's Story: A Novel
by Cheryl Toman Justine Mintsa Thérèse Kuoh-MoukouryAt the dawn of the twenty-first century, villages in the Fang region of northern Gabon must grapple with the clash of tradition and the evolution of customs throughout modern Africa. With this tension in the background, the passionate, deft, and creative seamstress Awu marries Obame, after he and his beloved wife, Bella, have been unable to conceive. Because all three are reluctant participants in this arrangement, theirs is an emotionally fraught existence. Through heartbreaking and disastrous events, Awu grapples with long-standing Fang customs that counter her desire to take full control of her life and home. Supplemented with a foreword and critical introduction highlighting Justine Mintsa’s importance in African literature, Awu’s Story is an essential work of African women’s writing and the only published work to meditate this deeply on some of the Fang’s most cherished legends and oral history.
Ayiti
by Roxane GayFrom the New York Times–bestselling author of Hunger and Bad Feminist, a powerful short story collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience.In Ayiti, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman procures a voodoo love potion to ensnare a childhood classmate. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood. Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifies the raw talent that made her “one of the voices of our age” (National Post, Canada).Praise for Ayiti“Highly dimensioned characters and unforgettable moments. . . . Dismantling the glib misconceptions of her complex ancestral home, Gay cuts and thrills. Readers will find her powerful first book difficult to put down.” —Booklist“The themes explored in Gay’s nonfiction, such as the transactional nature of violence and the ways in which stereotypes of poverty add another layer of dehumanization, are just as potent here. Even her more lyrical mode is filtered through a keen sense of the lost promise of one country and the blinkered privilege of the other. It’s Gay’s unflinching directness—the sense that her characters are in the room with you, telling it like it is—that makes her irresistible.” —Vogue“A set of brief, tart stories mostly set amid the Haitian-American community and circling around themes of violation, abuse, and heartbreak . . . This book set the tone that still characterizes much of Gay’s writing: clean, unaffected, allowing the (often furious) emotions to rise naturally out of calm, declarative sentences. That gives her briefest stories a punch even when they come in at two pages or fewer, sketching out the challenges of assimilation in terms of accents, meals, or ‘What You Need to Know About a Haitian Woman’. . . . This debut amply contains the righteous energy that drives all her work.” —Kirkus Reviews
Ayude a sus hijos a triunfar en la escuela secundaria y llegar a la universidad (Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College): Guía para Padres Latinos (A Special Guide for Latino Parents)
by Mariela DabbahAyude a sus Hijos a Tener Éxito en High School y Llegar al College is a guide translated to Spanish for Latino parents that stresses the importance of education and provides a framework for parents to put their children on a college-bound path. It explains the American educational system, how parents can get involved, how to help children stay focused and motivated, scholarships available for Latino children, student loans, choosing the right college, and the college application process.
Ayudo (¡Me gusta leer!)
by Joe CepedaWhen a boy finds a canteen, he finds his superpower–helping everyone he meets! From Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Winner Joe Cepeda, this Spanish language ¡Me gusta leer! book is perfect for new readers.Very simple text and fun pictures support comprehension in this delightful story, ideal for emergent Spanish readers and Spanish language learners. Easy to read and brightly illustrated, this is a perfect book for building basic Spanish vocabulary!Other books in this series: I Hop (a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book), Up, I See, and I Dig, featuring the same curious, excited brothers exploring the world around them and celebrating the diversity of everyday life.Los libros ¡Me gusta leer!™ han sido creados tanto por reconocidos ilustradores de libros para niños, como por nuevos talentos, con el propósito de infundir la confianza y el disfrute de la lectura en los pequeños lectores.Queremos que cada nuevo lector diga: &“¡Me gusta leer!&”
Ayurveda Mama: A Comprehensive Guide to Preparing for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
by Dhyana MaslaThe first pregnancy book with an Ayurvedic approach to conscious conception, pregnancy, labor + birth, and postpartum. This robust guide includes more than 50 traditional practices, recipes, and remedies.Ayurveda, India&’s ancient and holistic system of health, offers timeless wisdom on the sacred process of bringing life into this world. Ayurveda Mama offers ways to prepare your body, mind, and life before conception, and guidance on how to nourish yourself (and your little one) throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Dhyana includes tips on diet, lifestyle, herbs, and oils so that you experience vibrancy and vitality.You will: Learn traditional Ayurvedic rituals for conscious conceptionFeel prepared for your unique birthing experienceBe equipped with Ayurvedic techniques to invoke auspiciousness, balance, and ease for labor and birthHave the tools needed to assure that your Sacred Window, or postpartum period, is one of the most profound, restorative, and memorable experiences of your lifeFeel assured that you are deeply nourished and cared for so that you can care for your little oneIncludes over 50 supportive traditional practices, recipes for optimal health, instructions for creating your own nontoxic home products, and elixirs to treat common ailments
B
by Sarah KayA whimsical love letter, a shared promise, a thank you note, and a whispered secret to mothers and daughters everywhere. The perfect gift, B celebrates the bond that exists between a parent and a child. Short, touching, and lovingly illustrated, it is a family tradition waiting to begin.
B Is for Beer
by Tom RobbinsA Children's Book About Beer?Yes, believe it or not—but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick bestselling novelist Tom Robbins, inter-nationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain.nce upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one?) whose inhabitants consumed thirty-six billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles, burps, and foam, was a smart, wide-eyed, adventurous kindergartner named Gracie; her distracted mommy; her insensitive dad; her non-conformist uncle; and a magical, butt-kicking intruder from a world within our world.Populated by the aforementioned characters—and as charming as it may be subversive—B Is for Beer involves readers, young and old, in a surprising, far-reaching investigation into the limits of reality, the transformative powers of children, and, of course, the ultimate meaning of a tall, cold brewski.
B Negative (Orca Soundings)
by Vicki GrantPaddy loves his family, all except for his annoying stepfather Anthony. When they have a discussion about his future, Paddy overreacts and threatens to join the army. Unable to back down, he finds he is alienating everyone around him. And when he takes the physical exam and learns his blood type, his world starts to crumble and he starts to question everything he thought he knew.
B.F.'s Daughter: A Novel
by John P. MarquandThe daughter of a powerful industrialist seeks to live on her own terms in this entertaining portrait of the American home front during World War II Polly Fulton, the daughter of one of America's most successful and admired businessmen, lives with her parents and brother in a thirty-room apartment on New York City's Park Avenue. Yet she despises the superficial trappings of wealth and delights in defying convention. In the months before America enters World War II, she shocks her family and friends by dumping her longtime boyfriend, Bob Tasmin, and marrying radical journalist Tom Brett. As the war rages on the other side of the globe and dominates the thoughts of everyone at home, Polly comes to realize that she acted out of pride and contrariness, not love. But with Bob stationed in Guam, it may be too late to correct her terrible mistake. A richly detailed, elegantly crafted tale about the search for happiness in the chaos of wartime, B.F.'s Daughter is one of John P. Marquand's warmest and most empathetic novels.
BAH! Said the Baby
by Jennifer PlecasUnderstanding baby-talk becomes a fun game in this adorable and funny picture book for families. When baby says "bah!" the rest of the family scrambles to bring him balls and books and bows and bottles, sheep and baby dolls and blankets and even a brother! But it turns out that all along, the baby was just trying to say "bye-bye." A perect gift for baby showers, new parents, and new siblings. Praise for BAH! Said the Baby: "A nifty romp that doubles as a guessing game (with some phonics tied in), this has appeal for large read-aloud crowds as well as siblings who seek a lighter new-baby tale."--Kirkus Reviews "Simple colorful backgrounds accentuate Plecas&’s bright and playful illustrations; her cartoon style is humorous and expressive....Parents and children with younger siblings are sure to relate to the pitfalls and joys of communicating with pre-verbal babies."--School Library Journal"Add this charmer to the lineup for a baby-themed storytime, or share it with the older sibs of an almost-verbal little one."--BCCB
BB3X: Baby Blues: The Third Decade (Baby Blues Collection #37)
by Rick Kirkman Jerry ScottA Baby Blues treasury celebrating thirty years of the comic strip that captures the funny, frustrating, frazzled world of parenthood—includes bonus content!In addition to a year’s worth of Baby Blues comics, this colossally entertaining collection sheds light on the unique collaborative process of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott—each a winner of the Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist of the Year—who have helped transform some of the most stressful moments in life into some of the most hilarious. The book includes a foreword from Rick, a reflection by Jerry, and a special section of archival photographs, memorabilia, and illustrations from the duo’s three decades of Baby Blues collaboration.
BEDLAM: A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Ser. #37)
by Rick Kirkman Jerry ScottNow in an annual, treasury-sized book, Baby Blues brings you another year of life with the MacPhersons. Often-befuddled Darryl and always-overworked Wanda manage to parent precocious Zoe, ornery Hammie, and Baby Wren while still keeping their senses of humor and sometimes even sweetness. In this collection, Zoe decides it's time for her to take karate lessons, Wanda declares she needs some time for herself and joins a book (wine?) club, and Hammie discovers the joys of a zip line. Mostly calm Wanda finally reaches her breaking point of asking the kids to clean up, unleashing a new force of nature to the comic strip: the Tsumommy!
BETWEEN LOVE AND LOATHING: a dark romance from the #1 bestselling author and Tiktok sensation 2023 (the Hardy Billionaires series) (The Hardy Billionaires Series)
by Shain Rose"Dominic Hardy was a taker, vicious in his pursuit of conquering the world, and I wanted him to conquer me now . . ."♥️A HOT, DARK ROMANCE FROM THE TIKTOK SENSATION - SHAIN ROSE IS YOUR NEW OBSESSION♥️Fake dating my enemy should be easy . . . as long as I don't fall in love with him.Dominic Hardy might have a fancy engineering degree, but he doesn't know a thing about baking. He doesn't even like sugar.So when he inherits my stepfather's resort - with my bakery in the middle of it - neither of us are happy.But then Dominic gives me a proposal I can't refuse. I'll keep my bakery, with one condition:Fake date him for five months.Keep his ex away by pretending we're in love.Stare into his piercing green eyes.Maybe share a kiss.But I loathe him and his filthy mouth.Even when he's using it on me.There's a fine line between love and loathing, and I think I've made the mistake of blurring it.♥️BOOK FOUR OUT SEPTEMBER 2024♥️
BETWEEN NEVER AND FOREVER: a dark romance from the Tiktok sensation and #1 bestselling author (Hardy Billionaires series) (The Hardy Billionaires Series)
by Shain Rose"His voice was deep, full of grit, and it sent shivers down my spine in a way it shouldn't. I forgot how intense the electric shock was between us, how the air shifted, how the world seemed to stop . . ."♥️A HOT, DARK ROMANCE FROM THE TIKTOK SENSATION - SHAIN ROSE IS YOUR NEW OBSESSION♥️My best friend's brother, Dex Hardy, was my downfall - older, forbidden, and completely irresistible.Our relationship was a secret - and he knew it had to stay one.But when Dex betrayed our privacy, I had to leave him - breaking both our hearts.Now, he's back in my life, as the owner of the casino where I work. He's become a cold, ruthless billionaire, and he wants revenge.When he finds out I'm engaged, he offers me a deal.Leave the man I'm with and be with him instead. Or else.Six months of calling Dex my finace... even as he stares at me with hardened eyes.Six months of ignoring his electrifying touches and pretending I don't love him... when I still do.The problem with faking this engagement is I'm starting to believe in forever. And neither of us can afford to.♥️BOOK FOUR COMING SEPTEMBER 2024♥️
BFF*: Two novels by Judy Blume--Just As Long As We're Together/Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (*Best Friends Forever)
by Judy BlumeIn this new bind-up, Judy Blume's two stories about three best friends will reach a new set of girls. Stephanie, Rachel and Alison know there will be plenty of family issues, broken hearts, and tough school assignments as they make their way through junior high. But with a good pair of friends, a girl can do anything.From the Hardcover edition.
BLW Baby Food Cookbook: A Stage-by-Stage Approach to Baby-Led Weaning with Confidence
by Laura Morton Ellen GipsonA solid start to a lifetime of healthy eatingLet baby take the lead! The BLW Baby Food Cookbook helps your little one begin an intuitive, healthy relationship with food. This guide to baby-led weaning (BLW) shows you how to introduce solid foods, encouraging baby to eat the right whole foods for their age and stage—served with a side of fun.Created by experts in pediatric nutrition, this baby food cookbook is full of beloved, nourishing recipes like Nutty Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Whole Fruit Gummies, Green Pea and Sweet Corn Fritters, Homemade Chicken Pot Pie, and Better Than Boxed Macaroni and Cheese. Feeding guidelines help you nurture baby's oral and motor skills, introduce allergenic food safely, offer healthy serving sizes, and more.Inside the BLW Baby Food Cookbook, you'll find:102 yummy recipes—Dishes are grouped stage-by-stage for months 6-8, 9-12, and beyond—but this baby food cookbook can be shared by the whole family.At-a-glance labels—Icons on the recipes make it easy to avoid common allergens and choose gluten-free or dairy-free meals.Practical tips—Get smart advice on feeding equipment, pantry essentials, first-time foods, teething foods, and more from this baby food cookbook.(Solid) dinner is served with the BLW Baby Food Cookbook!
BOHEMIOS DE VILLA CRESPO, LOS (EBOOK)
by Raanan ReinEsta es la historia de un club de fútbol, de una pasión, de un barrio y de la comunidad judía de Buenos Aires. Es la historia del Club Atlético Atlanta. Raanan Rein se concentra en los orígenes de Atlanta, de sus hinchas y de Villa Crespo como una forma de explorar la integración social de inmigrantes semitas y de sus descendientes en la vida urbana porteña. Para la primera generación de estos inmigrantes, la pertenencia al club fue una forma de convertirse en argentinos. Para la siguiente, ya nacida en el país y dispuesta a agregar un fuerte componente nacional al mosaico de su identidad, se trató, además, de una forma de mantener una etnicidad judía; mientras que para la tercera generación esta pertenencia se transformó en tradición familiar. Lo que prueba, entre otras cosas, que el fútbol ha ofrecido y sigue ofreciendo un escenario privilegiado en el cual distintos grupos sociales pueden, a la vez, afirmarse en sus diferencias pero también integrarse a un colectivo mayor, en este caso, la Nación.
BRAT: A Ghost Story
by Gabriel Smith&“Gabriel Smith has written a truly unique and surprising book. He is the rarest thing: a distinctive stylist on the line and structure level. Brat is so strange and so funny. I laughed a lot while reading.&” Rachel Connolly, author of Lazy City 'Iconic', Radio 1 'i've never heard of you. good luck with your book tho !' Charli XCX on X, formerly TwitterI was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examination room. Gabriel&’s skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend won&’t answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel&’s sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents&’ old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there&’s a hideous man in the garden. Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly-paced but formally inventive, Brat is a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. &“Messy with glitched realities and body horror, Brat breathes the same thrillingly claustrophobic air as Inland Empire and Ubik. It&’s a skin-shedding ouroboros of grief and laughter, and the most brain-melting British debut I&’ve read in ages.&” Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams &“Gabriel Smith&’s prose is like if Joan Didion and Shirley Jackson took Xanax and used the internet. Brat is a sharp, eerie, confident debut about grief, memory, art, and so much more. Smith is a major new talent.&” Jordan Castro, author of The Novelist &“Gabriel Smith&’s jauntily creepy and hilarious tale of a grief-stalked scapegrace&’s sloughing-off and regeneration of selves in the filial murk of a moldering homestead is a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for a new, quaking generation. Brat will unnerve and seduce you.&” Garielle Lutz, author of Worsted
BUT I'M NOT TIRED!
by Jennifer S. Smith"BUT I'M NOT TIRED!" is the book for the thousands of parents whose children and teenagers don't sleep well enough, or for long enough. Dr. Jennifer Smith draws on scientific research and her vast experience as a leading child and adolescent psychologist to describe how good sleep hygiene recharges young people's brains to the max. She also shows how sleep can enhance their lives in every imaginable way. Better still, she guides parents through the most effective ways to nurture sleep in their young people. "Dream on!" you groan? "My kids just say: But I'm not tired!" Jennifer understands these difficulties, because she hears about them in her practice on a daily basis. Not only does she discuss these issues in her book, she also offers the most successful, practical strategies to resolve a variety of sleep problems in children and teenagers. Written in a simple, entertaining style, BUT I'M NOT TIRED! distills the information into an easy read for tired parents, who just want their young people to flourish, through sleep.
Baba's Peach Tree
by Marie TangIn this moving picture book, a migrant worker and his daughter, find good fortune in the form of a peach tree growing behind their house in rural China. Filled with stunning illustrations, this is a unique and poignant story about love, perseverance, and family.Behind their old stone house, Tao Hua and her father, Baba, discover good fortune: a peach tree. Baba prunes and tends to the tree. He calls it a blessing, like good shoes, hot rice, and books. And for a long time, the peach tree offers them fruit and hope for a better life. But time passes, and so do the seasons, and, one day, the tree does not blossom.But life blossoms in a different way when Baba comes home and announces that he got a job in the Big City, where there are good schools and opportunities. And so the seasons pass, and, one day, when Baba is very old, he and his daughter return to their old home and to new peach trees--to old memories and new beginnings.Baba&’s Peach Tree is a story of the dreams we dream and the sacrifices we make as seen through the lens of a migrant family.
Babes in the Woods (The He-Man Women Haters Club #2)
by Chris LynchThe members of the He-Man Women Haters Club go on a camping trip with Steven's father and uncle.
Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?) (So Why Should I?) (So Why Should I?) (So Why Should I?): The Introvert's Guide to Surviving Parenthood: The Introvert's Guide To Surviving Parenthood
by Julie VickA baby can be a good excuse to skip a party, but . . . goodbye alone time, hello awkward new social obligations. All parents want the same things: to balance work and home life, to raise happy kids, to never attend a baby drumming class, and to build a secret room in their home where they can hide (preferably not the bathroom). Yes, an introverted parent would more keenly want to be free of the slew of attention and expectations that accompany both pregnancy and parenthood, but even the most outgoing person is sure to reach their limit eventually. Here, with laugh-out-loud humor and well-earned experience, Julie Vick offers coping mechanisms for everything from sharing the news that you are becoming a parent to the moment the baby is born (one way or another, it will happen), from managing doctor’s visits to handling playdates. She offers advice on finding childcare and ignoring the nursing versus formula conversation with strangers. Witty yet valuable, her tips, checklists, and the occasional chart focus on the time from pregnancy through preschool.
Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought America Into The Twentieth Century
by Janet GoldenPlacing babies' lives at the center of her narrative, historian Janet Golden analyzes the dramatic transformations in the lives of American babies during the twentieth century. She examines how babies shaped American society and culture and led their families into the modern world to become more accepting of scientific medicine, active consumers, open to new theories of human psychological development, and welcoming of government advice and programs. <P><P>Importantly Golden also connects the reduction in infant mortality to the increasing privatization of American lives. She also examines the influence of cultural traditions and religious practices upon the diversity of infant lives, exploring the ways class, race, region, gender, and community shaped life in the nursery and household.<P> Examines how babies shaped American culture in the twentieth century.<P> Draws from over a thousand baby books, using fascinating examples of how infant life changed in this time period.<P> Includes analysis of babies from diverse backgrounds.
Babies Ruin Everything
by Robbi Behr Matthew SwansonMeet the baby who ruins everything, and the big sister who learns to love him. Together, they make this laugh out loud picture book the perfect gift for new siblings and baby showers! The baby can't stand on one foot.He can't throw a Frisbee. And he can't whistle! Even big-head Benny Hogarth can whistle, and he already lost his front teeth!So says a spunky little girl who thinks her new baby brother is ruining EVERYTHING: wrecking her room, drooling all over her toys, and throwing a wrench in her birthday party plans.But when she opens her heart, this big sister realizes she might be the real problem-the baby's just a baby, after all. Maybe all he needs is a better big sister.Tall kids, small kids, and parents alike will laugh through this funny and sweet tale of learning how wonderful-and lucky-it is to have a new sibling.An Imprint book